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Ray Taylor

North Melbourne

AFL career

80 games26 goals

Debut
R6 1967 v HAW20 May 1967
Most recent
R1 1972 v STK1 Apr 1972

Stats

1972
NTH
1
7.0
2.0
9.0
1.0
3.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
1971
NTH
21
11.6
6.1
17.8
2.6
2.6
1.5
0.3
0.4
1970
NTH
11
10.8
4.4
15.2
3.5
2.3
1.8
0.2
0.1
1969
NTH
20
11.3
4.4
15.7
4.2
2.0
1.5
0.7
1.1
1968
NTH
14
8.1
2.1
10.3
2.6
1.4
0.7
0.1
0.3
1967
NTH
13
13.4
2.8
16.2
3.2
1.2
1.2
0.2
0.6
League
Season
STK
MO
R1
7
2
9
1
3
1
0.0

Profile

Born
06 May 1947 (age 79y 168d)
Height
185 cm
Weight
83 kg

Teams

Hailing from Macedon, Ray Taylor arrived at North Melbourne with a formidable reputation after claiming the 1966 Bowen Medal as the best and fairest player in the Riddell District Football League. A tall utility standing 185cm, he possessed the size to hold down key posts but offered the versatility to operate across the ground, often plugging holes in defence or drifting forward to impact the scoreboard. He became a durable figure at Arden Street during the late 1960s, playing consistent senior football throughout a transitional era for the club. Taylor notched 80 games over six seasons, serving as a reliable structural piece before departing the VFL scene just prior to the Kangaroos' rise to power in the mid-1970s.